Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Wedding Week!! Sand Ceremony

What a fun project!!!! I wanted to give something to my friend for her shower and I know she was looking for something cool to use during the Sand Ceremony. I had never heard of a sand ceremony. When I got married we did a unity candle - I guess that is still used too, but some have chosen to do a family ceremony using sand. Two colors of sand is used - one for the groom's family and one for the bride's. The sand starts in containers for each family and then is poured by the family into a 3rd container that will symbolize the two families becoming one. I found all of my glass at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The two side pieces are candle holders. The middle one I really wanted somethign with a lid, because, well, it's SAND and she'd like to keep it as a reminder/memory. I found this container that was filled with seasalt. I poured the seasalt into my salt pig, peeled the labels and YAY! Perfect container.
Then I got out my trusty cricut. C'mon now - i really didn't ahve to get sweet Princess out - she's always out! :) But I used my Gypsy (of course) to cut out three stencils to what I needed. I used the vinyl letter to decorate the gift bag (below) and then I used the stencil to etch teh glass. Stick the vinyl on the glass, put a thick coat of etching on it,, wait 5 mins, rinse it off, peel off vinyl, rinse again and dry...there you have it! :)
I think she liked it! :)TTFN,
Tammy